From: Changing role of EMS –analyses of non-conveyed and conveyed patients in Finland
n (n = 14,874) | % (100%) | |
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Non-conveyed EMS patients were treated at scene or there was no need for conveyance. | 10,713 | 72.0 |
Patients were taken to healthcare facilities in their own or relatives’ car or by taxi, for example. | 3013 | 20.3 |
Patients refused conveyance. | 736 | 5.0 |
Patients were handed over to the police. | 306 | 2.1 |
Patients received other help, such as homecare. | 106 | 0.7 |